Posted on 06/09/2015 5:58:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The cause of an early morning fire north of San Diego was an electrocuted bird falling from an active power line
A bird carrying a snake in its talons struck power lines north of San Diego, sparking a hillside fire just west of The Merge.
San Diego Police arrived to the location on Dunhill Street near the intersection of Interstates 5 and 805 just before 6 a.m.
Flames were burning very close to businesses including the General Atomics building, officials said.
Officers called in San Diego Fire-Rescue crews who contained the fire within an hour.
Fire officials initially told NBC 7 a bird with a snake in its mouth was electrocuted on a power line and fell to the ground, sparking the fire. A photo released by officials later shows the snake in the hawk's grasp.
"A hawk that hit the high voltage power line, caught fire, and fell to the ground," SD Fire-Rescue spokesperson Lee Swanson said in a written release.
There were no structures damaged and no evacuations ordered.
This area of San Diego is home to many companies in the region's biochemical industry.
No wheatline pennies, but I got TWO Kennedy halves two days ago...
I don’t know if this make sense or not. I’m a real romantic, it’s just every relationship I’ve been in ended badly and most ended within a year, I’ve dated some incredible people but most only for a month or so.
I think, deep down in my bones, I’m better off being single, and maybe these men picked up on it. I’ve travelled around the world by myself it didn’t bother me. I can go out to eat by myself, go to the movies by myself. None of that bothers me. Maybe it’s because I’m a Virgo? Most of my hobbies are solitary, and my career was solitary- fact checker and writer.
Good for you! Back from the dentist, planning to go to the gym after lunch.
Who’s the sucker that paid you with fifty-cent pieces? Oh. Wait Wrong joke.
I had a couple of those! I think all I have now is the coin set from 1944, which was given to me on my birthday when I lived in Tucson — 2005-6?
I will have to find them and check. Now I’m curious. I used to keep them in a drawer in my china hutch, but I gave the hutch to Busdaddy last year, so now, I don’t recall where I put them. Some place safe, I’m sure...
I’m tired just thinking of all the activities you do during the day, with and without kids tagging along.
They all did...
I’m tired, too. I stayed up too late reading and blowing my nose. Today I still have the runny nose, and the allergy drugs are making me woozy.
I’m going to pay some bills and then run the vacuum.
LOL! Cheapskates!
We’ve had some flooding here, but once again, the Valley got the worst of it.
I lasted until 1930 last night and then my eyelids slammed shut. The sun is up and the humidity is down, so maybe it won’t rain today. *ha-ha*
Yesterday, I ended up having a total of four breathing treatments, so at this rate, I’ll be going through the very many boxes of vials that the doctor prescribed for me in no time. Except the steroid, of course. That will just have to wait.
So which kids are at camp? Elen and Tom?
Did your son get home ok from Seattle?
I’m reading a book on Kindle that has turned out to be really rather gripping. Written by a Brit, it’s an espionage novel, with many plot twists and scary characters. I think I have a third of it to go, but the action is so intense, I have to put it down every so often and get away from it.
It’s too bad your allergies are bothering you. I always feel so bad when others that I know are suffering.
Yes, he got back Monday afternoon as planned. He’s been resting, but goes back to work today.
Yes, Tom and Elen at the camp jobs until the end of July. Pat, James, and Vlad have camp the week of the 19th.
Britain is so screwed.
Amen to that!
We are all so screwed.
Unless we find some gonads that the “progressives” aren’t using...
Hope things go better today. Not much is so frustrating as feeling worse after diagnostic testing with incomplete results. Sounds as if it was a nuclear trace stress test. Had a few of those. First one surprised with hoe cold the tracer solution was. Felt like ice water racing thru the veins.
Wishing you a better day today.
See if I can’t find some squee for you
I didn’t get picked for the Grand Jury but after it was explained I actually wanted to be.
oh well.
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